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The Essay The Writer's Dickens, Romesh Gunesekera - The Orphan Eye

2/5 Romesh Gunesekera on how Dickens addresses the move from childhood into the world beyond.
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Free Thinking Festival Free Thinking in the Summer, York Festival of Ideas - Wars of the Roses

Rana Mitter examines the legacy of the War of the Roses from the York Festival of Ideas.
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The Essay The Writer's Dickens, Tessa Hadley - Rooms and Reality

1/5 Tessa Hadley on how Dickens paints the reality of his world through characters' houses.
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Night Waves Conor McPherson, 700th anniversary of Boccaccio, David Kynaston, Chris Harding

Matthew Sweet and David Kynaston discuss Britain in the late 1950s.
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Sunday Feature The Gospels Come Home

Author David Almond explores what the Lindisfarne Gospels mean to people in the North East

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